2004 World University Boxing Championship

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The 2004 World University Boxing Championships took place in Antalya, Turkey between November 22 and 29 2004. 129 boxers from 27 countries participated at the inaugural tournament. [1]

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Participating nations

Results

Bronze medals are awarded to both losing semi-finalists.

2004 World University Boxing Championship
WeightGoldSilverBronze
48 kg Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zou Shiming Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Fazil Fayziev Flag of Turkey.svg Abdülkadir Koçak Flag of Russia.svg Jury Mavritchev
51 kg Flag of Russia.svg Rafik Meggeramov Flag of Turkey.svg Kadri Kordel Flag of Ukraine.svg Volodymir Kladko Flag of France.svg Philippe Frenois
54 kg Flag of Turkey.svg İbrahim Aydoğan Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Aziz Ulugov Flag of South Korea.svg Hyeondec.Cheol Park Flag of France.svg Hicham Ziouti
57 kg Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Romal Amanov Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Abdugavor Umarov Flag of Turkey.svg Yakup Kılıç Flag of Hungary.svg Henrik Kertesz
60 kg Flag of Turkey.svg Selçuk Aydın Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Farhat Acalov Flag of Greece.svg Girinaios Tsinakis Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Yachmenev
64 kg Flag of Hungary.svg Gyula Kate Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Emin Maharamov Flag of Pakistan.svg Ali Ashgar Shah Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Annashat Shatov
69 kg Flag of Ukraine.svg Sergiy Derevyanchenko Flag of Turkey.svg Adem Kılıççı Flag of Latvia.svg Alexandrs Sotniks Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Rahip Baylarov
75 kg Flag of Russia.svg Ruslan Maksutor Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Abbos Atoev Flag of Romania.svg Petrisor Gananau Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Elnur Kadirov
81 kg Flag of Turkey.svg İhsan Yıldırım Tarhan Flag of Russia.svg Danil Sheva Flag of Iran.svg H. Amiri Flag of Hungary.svg Istvan Szucs
91 kg Flag of Ukraine.svg Vyacheslav Glazkov Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Elchin Alizade Flag of Croatia.svg Vedran Đipalo Flag of Russia.svg Evgeny Romanov
+91 kg Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Rustam Saidov Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Zhilei Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Rudenko Flag of Russia.svg Roman Klimenko

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Medal count table

2004 World University Boxing Championship
PosCountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 3227
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2147
3Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 224
4Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 145
5Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 1326
6Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 112
7Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 123
8Flag of France.svg  France 22
9Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 11
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 11
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 11
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 11
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 11
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 11
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 11
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 11
Total11112244

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References

  1. FISU Archived November 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. USA Boxing